Hill was running second behind A.J. Allmendinger as the field powered down the backstretch on the final of 120 laps.
Just as Hill edged ahead of Allmendinger with a push from Riley Herbst, chaos erupted as Jade Buford slammed into Myatt Snider’s Chevrolet, which flipped in the air and had its engine ripped out of the car.
NASCAR immediately put out a caution which froze the field and Hill – in his first fulltime season in the Xfinity Series with Richard Childress Racing – was declared the winner.
All those involved in the last lap wreck were evaluated and released from the infield care center.
The win locks Hill into the 2022 playoffs and it’s the second time he’s kicked off a season with a win at Daytona. He won the 2019 Truck Series opener at Daytona with Hattori Enterprises.
“Man, me and Derek Kneeland, my spotter, worked really well. I was kept telling him all night, ‘I’m just putting that in the memory bank’ to remember late in the race,” Hill said….
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